Microenterprise Growth and the Flypaper Effect, Randomized Experiment 2008-2010
Ghana, 2008 - 2010
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GHA_2008_MGFERE_v01_M
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David McKenzie, Marcel Fafchamps, Simon Quinn, Christopher Woodruff
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MAIN reason why some businesses fail or have to close down (trust_1)
Data file: GhanaRound3Single_la
Overview
Valid:
802
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
2108
End:
2171
Width:
64
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Now I want you to think about different reasons why a small business like yours may fail. Which of these best describes the MAIN reason you think some businesses fail or have to close down? (trust_1)
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attidute towards customers | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| Cost of building materials very high so customers | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| If they don't buy your goods regularly | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| If you don't know how to deal with customers | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Locatipn | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| Low capital. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Reducing capital to take of family needs | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| Sickness | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Some business owners are not skilled enough. | 205 |
25.6%
|
|
| Some business owners do not work hard enough. | 208 |
25.9%
|
|
| Some businesses suffer losses because of government policies. | 38 |
4.7%
|
|
| Some businesses suffer losses from credit given to customers. | 171 |
21.3%
|
|
| Some businesses suffer losses which are not their owners' fault. | 91 |
11.3%
|
|
| When they don't buy your goods regularly | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| a lot of competitors, low sales | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| aTtitude | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| attitude of owner | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| bad weather and poor record keeping | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| because of huge expenses. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| because they don't take proper account. | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| change of agreed selling price by competitors | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| customers are less now | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| due to poor calculation. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| exp more than income | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| expenditure more than income | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| extravagant lifestyles | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| high cost of transport | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| if they don't buy the iterms | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| if you don't says the truth and people will stop d | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| impulse buying | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| ineffective record keeping | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| lack of capital and decent place to sell | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| lack of credit | 15 |
1.9%
|
|
| lack of enough capital | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| lack of funds | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| lack of market for product | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| lack of proper management | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| less money to get enough goods | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| living beyond means | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| location | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| loss of funds.or spending unesu unesc | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| losses customers charges are high | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| low capita. | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| low capital | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| low capital. | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| misuse of capital | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| most don't no how to talk to customers. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| not keeping records | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| poor record keeping | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| poor record keeping and owner's attitude | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| ppl buy less as compared to first | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| prices increases in general it affects everything. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| some small business owners don't no how to talke . | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| some use their capital for clothing. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| spend money unnecessarily | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| spending money unnecessarily | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| spending much from what is eearnede | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| tell the truth | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| the way you take with your customers | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| unfriendly to customers | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| unskilled owner and poor record keeping | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| when cost of materiels keep on going up | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| when exp is more than income | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| when prices keeps rising. | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| when sale get much | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| when they don't buy the goods you are selling | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| when they don't buy your eggs quickly,the eggs mig | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| when they don't buy your things regularly | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| when you spent all the money on food and the rest. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| when you use your capital on food | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| whn sales are very low | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| whn u poke your nose in ppl,s matters | 1 |
0.1%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.